September 7, 2007

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Joel Kay Receives Legend Award
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All Levels of Locke Liddell Associates Getting Raises
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McKissock & Hoffman law firm calling it quits
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Pay Raise Watch: More News from Atlanta
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BigLaw Firms Form Coalition to Keep More Lawyers
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Google In-House Lawyers Find Unusual Perks, Groundbreaking Work
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Junior Associates Are at That Awkward Stage
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Desperately Seeking Seniors
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Head of DOJ's Civil Division Resigns
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Keep Your E-Secrets Well Contained
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Smile If You Work at Wilson Sonsini
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And No, She Doesn't Do Windows
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Six Litigators Leave Godwin Pappas to Join Detroit-Based Dykema's First Texas Office
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Firm loses millions for client
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Lawyer Arrested in Court for Witness Tampering
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District Court Jumps in Front of E-Discovery: Maryland Protocol Cooler than the Matrix
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Singing lawyers star in video
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Senator Larry Craig's Little Girl Wanted By Judge
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Say What?!
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Judicial Watch Founder Loses Pro Hac Vice Bid
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Retailing:

Retail Sales Rise, but Data May Mask Troubles
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Economy:

Four Fed Bank Presidents Decline to Endorse Rate Cut
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IMF warns of global slowdown as ECB ups cash injection
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Bernanke May Need To Dig Deeper Into His Toolbox
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Small Biz Owners Feeling a Squeeze
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Greenspan says turmoil like '98
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Layoffs:

Lehman, National City Scale Back
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Hedge Funds:

Basis Capital Fund Wins Temporary Court Protection
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Hedge-Fund Billionaires Eyed by Congress for More Medicare Tax
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Citicorp opposes hedge fund filing
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Hedge funds conflicted on distressed assets
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Bankruptcy Reform:

USW supports overhaul of corporate bankruptcy law
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Religion:

Bankruptcy Judge Dabs With San Diego Diocese
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Sides in marathon settlement talks
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M&A:

Deals Boom Fizzles as Cheap Credit Fades
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Mass Torts:

NJ Supremes Nix Vioxx Insurance Class Action
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Student Debt:

Fixing the Credit-Card Mess
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Autos:

Chrysler Hires Jim Press From Toyota as President
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Toyota's 'Secret Weapon' Departs for Chrysler
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Cerberus' Chrysler bombshell
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Delphi files reorganization plan and settles with GM
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Conyers calls Nardelli "a slash and burn guy
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Gettelfinger mum on talks, praises jobs bank role
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Chrysler Helps Itself to Toyota Sales Star
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Harley-Davidson Cuts Forecasts
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Real Estate:

Foreclosure data add to US housing gloom
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California key in pushing nation's foreclosures to record
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Which Came First: California Or Subprime?
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US Home Foreclosures, Delinquencies at Record High
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Home foreclosures won't peak for at least 6 months
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Light at the End of the Subprime Tunnel
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Investors contribute to increase
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US Home Foreclosures, Delinquencies at Record High
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Dissecting the Mortgage Meltdown
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Troubles in Midwest help push foreclosures to an all-time high
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More Layoffs in Mortgage Industry
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More than 6% of Texas mortgage holders are late with monthly payments
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Lehman Plans Mortgage-Unit Layoffs
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As Housing Market Cools, Far Fewer Become Agents
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If Foreclosure Looms, What to Do? Sue!
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Foreclosures hit those with good, bad credit
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Ex-GC for Failed Subprime Mortgage Lender Targeted by Feds Appointed to Mortgage Oversight Post
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New Reality for the American Dream
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NY delinquencies on mortgage payments grow
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Four states lead subprime mess
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New Loss for Home Builder
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Judge to consider First Magnus loan
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Theme Parks:

Cypress Gardens Park to Be Sold
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Hurricane hassles cause theme parks to be sold
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Food/Drink:

Don Pablo's and Hop's Parent Seeks Chapter 11
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Pensions:

Can Retirees Afford This Much Risk?
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Derivatives:

Highest rated CPDOs still carry high default risk
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Telecoms:

PACW: Bankruptcy Court Approves Amended Plan of Reorganization
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Cash Management:

Sentinel founder steps in again to aid son in troubled time
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12)
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Bankruptcy Claim Auctions
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Are You Getting the Best Price?

Investors prepare for discounted, distressed debt
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Credit Cards:

Bankruptcy Court Tells Debtors To Charge It
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Adelphia:

Rigases Oppose Deloitte Settlement
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Insurance:

Finite-risk Probe Halts Assurant Buyback
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Tax:

Democrats unveil tax reform plans
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Accounting:

Ace Hardware finds accounting shortfall, may restate last five years
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One in three accountants take laptop on vacation
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Oil/Gas:

TrueStar Petroleum files Chapter 11 for subsidiary
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Intellectual Property:

Another Court Follows The Footstar Decision On Assumption Of IP Licenses In Bankruptcy
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Celebrity:

$7.1M sale of Pearlman home approved
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UK:

The dangers of outside contracts
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Hedge fund's Cayman Islands liquidation recognized by UK court
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U.K. Growth Slowed in Last Three Months
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Russia:

Ex-Yukos executives shed light on murky process
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Investors made backdoor Yukos approach
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Canada:

Harbinger Funds Entitled to $3.6 Million, Ontario Court Rules
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Some Short-Term Canadian Debt Paper Is Snagged in Credit Crisis
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Cayman Islands:

Welcome to the Caymans, Where the Enemy is Your Friend
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Canada:

Lawsuit against fund dealers in Portus case blocked
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